[ultima ratio]

He was not an admirer of the Unabomber--another piece of slander. He admired some of the man's writings on the threat to the environment by technology--which many, including journalists for the NYTimes who commented on the same Unabomber literature, have done. Many have compared his views, in fact, to Al Gore's. But to suggest--as you do, and do periodically--that Williamson admired the man for the murders committed--is calumny, pure and simple. I am no great fan of the bishop--but neither do I cotton to the kind of filth you are peddling.

[St.Chuck]

Since this brings up ghosts from Arguments Past, I am curious about the state of necessity. If I, for example, were to participate in an abortion would my citation of the existing state of necessity make null and void my excommunication? If not, under what circumstances would I be able to trump canon law with the state of necessity loophole?